| |
 |
Article
|
Circle Hook Seminar Online |
| January 1, 2005 |
Video & Instructions Now Available
The Barta Boys and Girls Club Billfish Tournament is pleased to provide you with a circle hook seminar you can "attend" at your convenience. The tournament does not require circle hooks but to encourage billfish conservation we have added an Overall Circle Hook Trophy to the awards. Circle Hooks are becoming more widely used but many people are still not comfortable with rigging, presenting and catching a billfish on a circle hook. This video will show you how to rig a naked ballyhoo, which is the only type of bait allowed in the tournament, using the Guatemala method. By providing you with this video and printed instructions you now have plenty of time to practice rigging and fishing with circle hooks. Thanks to Marty Hiatt and Sportfishermen.com for their help in providing this information. This is a 5 minute seminar and will take a few minutes to download especially if you are using dial-up internet access.
How To Rig with Circle Hooks Video
Guatemalan Circle Hook Rigs
Materials:
1. 7/0 Circle Hook
2. 130lb. Barrel Swivel
3. 20lb Monel – 15in.
4. 1/2oz Egg Sinker
5. Ice Pick
Instructions:
1. Remove the eyes from the ballyhoo.
2. Trim the bill.
3. Take your 15in of monel and do a series of haywire twist around the barrel swivel.
4. Using the ice pick, put a hole on the top of the ballyhoo just in front of the eyes.
5. Thread your monel, with the barrel swivel on top, through the top of the head bringing the monel out between the 2 gill plates.
6. Pop the swivel into the head of the ballyhoo.
7. Install the 1/2oz egg sinker into the monel and dead center the sinker underneath the ballyhoo’s throat.
8. Take the monel and come around the gill plates. Pass the tag end of the monel through the eves 3 times. Secure and pull tight after each pass.
9. Take the tag end monel and insert it from the lower jaw through the top lip creating what would normally be your post.
10. Rap the mouth shut and clip of bill off.
11. Insert the circle hook into the eye of the swivel.
12. Go fishing!
|
|
 |
|
|
|
